Possible technical and biological explanations for the 'parental telomere length inheritance discrepancy' enigma

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-4

  De Meyer, Tim ^a   Eisenberg, Dan T A ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

GAMETOGENESIS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PATERNAL AGE; PEDIGREE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATERNAL AGE; PEDIGREE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84927013717     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.65     Document Type: Letter

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